spe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Spes, Spei:
Feminine · Noun · 5th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
Spes, goddess of hope; hope personified;; hope/anticipation/expectation; prospect/hope/promise; (inheriting/succeeding);; object/embodiment of hope; [optio ad ~ => junior hoping to make centurion];
abl. sg.dat. sg.gen. sg.
Examples
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pater Romanas invidet arces? quid struit? aut qua spe inimica in gente moratur nec prolem Ausoniam et Lavinia..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...puer Iliaca quisquam de gente Latinos in tantum spe tollet avos, nec Romula quondam ullo se tantum tellus..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...regem nobis murosque Latinos. arma parate, animis et spe praesumite bellum, ne qua mora ignaros, ubi primum vellere..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Aenean cedentem ex agmine vidit turbatosque duces, subita spe fervidus ardet; poscit equos atque arma simul, saltuque superbus..."Ecloga VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...attrita pendebat cantharus ansa. Adgressi (nam saepe senex spe carminis ambo luserat) iniciunt ipsis ex uincula sertis. Addit..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...requiesset sedibus hospes! nam quo me referam? quali spe perdita nitor? Idaeosne petam montes? at gurgite lato discernens..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...atque ab omni non modo fortuna, verum etiam spe derelictis conflatam inproborum manum. [26] Hic tu qua laetitia..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...celavit, et aegram, multa malus simulans, vana spe lusit amantem. Ipsa sed in somnis inhumati venit imago coniugis..."